“It hurts to lose, but that’s the best we’ve played all year. You wake up tomorrow, the sun comes out, life moves forward,” Francis Parker coach John Herman said.

“In the beginning, we were just happy to receive the ball, pass it, and hopefully get a couple of good swings because we were just so young. Throughout the year, we diversified a little bit in our offense and became a much stronger program because of the hard work they put in each day.”